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Korea Deconstructed is a show that talks to Korean people about Korean issues. It seeks that which is real, authentic, and experienced, often taking place beyond the reach of headline news and geopolitics. It is hosted by David Tizzard who has lived and worked in Korea for nearly two decades and has a PhD in Korean Studies
- 79 - Park Chan Wook: Genius of Korean Cinema
Park Chan-wook is a master of movie making. And he's seemingly getting better with age. Leaving the sex and violence of previous hits such as Oldboy, JSA, and The Handmaiden behind him, Decision to Leave / 헤어질 결심 (2022) explores the relationship between a Korean man and a Chinese woman, completely incompatible, seemingly madly in love, and destined to destroy each other. These two roles are played expertly by Tang Wei and Park Hae-il.
"The moment you said you loved me, your love ended. And the moment your love ended, my love began.”
The movie is a piece of art: a poem. It encourages you to watch it multiple times, with each viewing providing greater insight into the layers constructed: through sound, language, visuals, and mis-en-scene.
I sat down with two Korean women, Jimin and Yunsuh, and a Chinese woman, Jessie, to explore this movie from a variety of perspectives: art, beauty, gender, love, and morality. Each of them provided views and insights I would never have found myself. And yet, it still feels like there is so much that went unsaid.
Discussion Outline
0:00 First Impressions
13:40 Park Chan-wook and Gender
18:46 Park Chan-wook’s Style
25:45 Is Decision to Leave Romantic?
34:58 Asian Vibes: The Mountains and the Sea
43:06 Tang Wei
1:08:25 Poetry, Yeokbek, and McGuffins
1:19:30 The Ending of the Movie
1:38:50 Haejoon: The Male Lead
1:59:52 Park Chan Wook and the Oscars
2:08:00 A movie, a Book, a Song
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Tue, 14 May 2024 - 2h 17min - 78 - Bernardo Kastrup and The Search for Meaning
Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy and another Ph.D. in computer engineering. As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for CERN and Philips Research Laboratories. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is 'Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics.'
This is me listening to Bernardo and asking him questions so as to better understand the world as mind. To do this, we explored what it means to be human. Bernardo explained the work of Nietzsche, Frankl, Schopenhauer, and Jung to me as well as how a bourgeoise has sought to wrest control of our culture away from the church and ultimately leave us stranded, meaningless, and seeking solutions elsewhere.
Bernardo taught me that we should not seek answers or solutions. These will never appear to us and we simply don't have the capability to understand what is going on. Instead, like the apple blossom in his garden, we should just be. We should listen to the noumena, the will inside us. We can describe it as duty, as calling, as fate, or as many other things. But ultimately, we are a violin and we should allow ourselves to be played by nature rather than seeking to force ourselves on the world. We should seek service instead of personal happiness. These ideas will stay with me for a while.
At the end, I asked him to recommend a movie, a book, and a song. The movie he suggested was The Double Life of Véronique (1991) by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski. The song was Song to the Siren by Cocteau Twins vocalist Elizabeth Fraser. The book was Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation.
Bernardo's Website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/
The Essentia Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHKZdDf09_8vVHm102fu0sg
Bernardo's upcoming book: https://www.amazon.com/Analytic-Idealism-Nutshell-straightforward-metaphysics/dp/1803416696
Discussion Outline:
0:00 The importance of service
7:40 The bourgeoisie capture of culture
12:33 Immanent meaning
25:35 Spiritual but not religious
31:00 Carl Jung and our two stages of life
41:58 Introspection as the royal path to knowledge
48:15 Schopenhauer and the will inside us
54:52 Synchronicity 1:05:03 Religion and science
1:16:58 The world as mind
1:26:10 A book, a movie, and a song
1:31:10 The apple blossom
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Sat, 27 Apr 2024 - 1h 31min - 77 - Taoism and the Creator
William S. Gilbert is doing PhD research on Korean Taoism's syncretic qualities at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea. He completed his Master's in Korean Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University in 2024 and was a graduate research assistant for the Korean Academic Expansion Project.
This is a conversation about Taoism, "Eastern" religions and ways of thought, life, death, god, and the poetry of the Korean scholar Yi Gyu-bo (李奎報).
Discussion Outline
0:00 What is Taoism (도교)?
9:10 What is the Yin Yang (음양)?
22:09 What is Wu-wei (무의)?
32:50 Zen Buddhism (선불교) and Taoism
43:05 The Tao Te Ching (도덕경)
53:20 The Zhuangzi (정자)
1:03:11 Is there such thing as Asian thought?
1:15:52 Does Taoism feature in modern life?
1:29:40 Yi Gyu-bo (이규보)’s poem “In Sickness”
1:45:14 The “Creator” in Taoist thought
2:08:40 Closing thoughts
Will's Website: https://sites.google.com/view/williamgilbert/home
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 2h 02min - 76 - Is it Worth Living in Korea? | Three Young Koreans Discuss Their Lives
Cho Ye-won and Jeon Yunseo are students at Seoul Women's University while Park Kyung-hoon (Charlie) studies at Hanyang University. They discuss the best and worst things about living in Seoul, from the safety, the beauty standards, the gender differences, the economic challenges, and much more. They also talk about why some young Koreans want to move abroad.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Do Young People Talk about 탈조선?
3:30 What are Traditional Korean Values?
8:45 What Do Koreans Want from Living Abroad?
19:30 The Best Things About Living in Seoul
27:15 Does Gender Affect Your Life in Korea?
34:45 The Social Gaze (남의 시선) in Korea
37:00 How Do You Feel About Foreigners Coming to Korea?
47:00 Appearance and Personal Colour Tests
55:15 Is Comparison Culture Real?
1:05:55 The Economic Reality of Seoul
1:15:40 Using Korean Titles
1:20:45 The Rise of 평어
1:27:20 Message to People Leaving Korea
1:43:36 Being Gay in Korea
1:48:05 Yewon's Last Message
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 1h 47min - 75 - Analyzing Korean Dramas, Society, and Culture | Noona's Noonchi
Jeanie Chang is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Jeanie is also the Founder and CEO of Noona’s Noonchi, LLC, a global company offering social media platforms providing deep dives into K-Content from a mental health perspective. In Korea to promote her tours and her latest book (How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life), we sat down with her to discuss life, culture, society, identity, and, of course, K-Dramas.
Jeanie's Website: https://noonasnoonchi.com/
Her book: https://www.amazon.com/K-Dramas-Mental-Health-Jeanie-Chang/dp/1394210477
Discussion Outline
0:00 Life in Seoul
5:39 Watching K-Dramas
33:23 Self-Care and Dramas
38:55 Mental Health and Gender
43:10 Antifragility
47:47 Generational Change in Korea
53:06 The Korean American Identity
1:16:40 Military Service and BTS
1:25:33 My Mister (나의 아지씨)
1:37:22 Jeong and Nunchi
1:49:20 Collective Society and Titles
2:01:55 Emotions in Korean Society
2:11:39 Shame and Redemption
2:20:47 K-Pop Idols and Karina's Apology
2:28:41 Is Hallyu's Popularity Declining?
2:47:37 Dr. Slump
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 2h 52min - 74 - Health, History, and Technology in Korea | John P. DiMoia
John DiMoia is Associate Professor of Korean History at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is the author of Reconstructing Bodies: Biomedicine, Health, and Nation-Building in South Korea since 1945 (2013)
Discussion Outline
0:00 What is History?
7:20 Korean Medicine
30:30 Plastic Surgery
39:30 Korea and the Pandemic
57:05 Korean Health
1:00:10 The Joseon Dynasty
1:27:30 Japanese Colonization
1:50:00 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2:09:33 The Division of Korea
2:26:55 Seoul National University
2:36:07 The Future of Korea
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing-Bodies-Biomedicine-Nation-Building-Weatherhead/dp/0804784116
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Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 3h 02min - 73 - Korean Religion, Culture, and History | Anton Scholz
At the age of sixteen, Anton discovered Taekwondo in his native Germany. From there, he began exploring Buddhism only to be told by a visiting monk that if he wanted to truly understand it, he would have to visit Korea. Anton then embarked on a journey of practice and discovery in Korea in 1994, initially intending to stay for just a year. This conversation took place in 2024, thirty years later.
Anton has regularly appeared on television during his time here. He has also worked as a producer for the German public broadcaster ARD, offered his expertise as a business consultant, taught at a university, and sought to capture the essence of Korean society as a documentary filmmaker. He has also just written a book in Korean, 한국인들의 이상한 행복, which sheds a critical light on many of the country's social problems. This book was what prompted our discussion today.
Anton's Book: https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000001297085
Discussion Outline
0:00 Foundations 1: Taekwondo
11:02 Foundations 2: Buddhism
54:10 The Strange Unhappiness of Korean People
59:17 Education
1:31:27 The Home
1:41:08 Seoul
1:52:22 Korean History
2:23:00 Anton Speaking Korean
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Sun, 18 Feb 2024 - 2h 27min - 72 - Are Koreans The Most Depressed People in the World? | Psychologist 서늘한 여름 밤
서늘한 여름밤 (Lee Seo-hyun) is a South Korean writer and psychological counseling planner. She received her Master's Degree from the Department of Psychology at Korea University in 2015, and then became a counselor at a large hospital. She soon began drawing and recording her thoughts before then uploading them on the internet. This led to her also starting a popular podcast and authoring 3 different books. In 2017, she established the psychological counseling center ‘Every Mind’. Today, her Instagram and YouTube content reaches countless thousands, providing solace, honesty, and the message for Korean people that, "It's okay".
We spoke with her about her recent appearance on Mark Manson's YouTube video declaring Korean people to be the most depressed in the world. We then spoke about trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, the self, fear of failure, micro aggressions, and much more.
Find her work online
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seobam_breeze/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC7Z6ogmq-3N9KoNACH10Hlg
1-on-1 Coaching: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEruSwPi33wmq9j35_oKaAhg3sfaPC0XoT2siRzQcpwD1ieQ/viewform
Discussion Outline
0:00 Generations of War Trauma
2:05 Is Korea the Most Depressed Country in the World?
8:17 What Does Depression Look Like?
13:40 Who Is Most Susceptible to Depression?
16:10 Why Is Our New Generation More Open to Mental Health?
17:40 Psychotherapy and Trauma
22:25 Minorities and Depression
25:25 Drugs and Mental Health
31:45 Are We Becoming too Fragile?
33:25 서늘한 여름밤's Insta and Online Content
43:10 Ego and the Self
48:10 Perfectionism
52:00 The Steps to Self Compassion
55:30 Our Inner Child
1:00:35 The Public Gaze (남의 시선)
1:04:00 Social Media
1:10:40 Psychological Coaching
1:14:35 Breaking Taboos around Mental Health in SK
1:16:50 AI and Mental Health
1:18:45 Toxic Masculinity
1:24:10 Is it Hard to be a Psychologist?
1:27:33 강박 - Being Obsessive
1:29:53 Childhood
1:35:30 Closing Comments
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Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 1h 37min - 71 - Dr. Robert Sapolsky - Korea Determined
In communicating with each other before this conversation, Robert asked me to explain certain aspects of Korean culture to him. If you find yourself frustrated that we sometimes hear more about Korea than his own work, I completely agree with you and apologize. Nevertheless, that was part of what was established. My sense is that he also might have wanted a break from explaining his latest book to everyone. We’ve since realized that we need to look more into the rice production in Korea and I hope that we can find out more of if and how that might have affected Korean culture, particularly in terms of interdependency and human relationships.
I highly recommend his latest book Determined. It genuinely made me rethink much of what I see around me. And, even if you don’t find yourself ultimately convinced by his argument concerning free will, you will still learn lots and be treated to writing that is as comfortable making jokes and never taking itself too seriously as it is explaining the hard science.
Bio: Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery at Stanford University, well-known for his research on stress and behavior in wild baboons, as well as his studies on the physiology of the brain. His approach to understanding the complexities of human behavior has made him a respected figure in both the scientific and popular science communities. His latest book, Determined, argues that it is time for us to remove agency from our behavior and stop attributing praise and blame to people for things over which they often have very little control.
Determined: https://www.amazon.com/Determined-Science-Life-without-Free/dp/0525560971
My favourite lecture from him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRYcSuyLiJk
Discussion Outline
0:00 How Did Korea Get Here?
7:15 Rice Theory of Culture
13:55 Do We Have Free Will?
32:56 Changing Morality
37:00 Birthrates
45:15 Transhumanism?
54:40 Death
1:03:45 Closing Questions
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 1h 01min - 70 - Constructing Literature and Space in 1970s Korea | Tanner Rogers
Tanner Rogers is a 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Winner. His research consists of the literary analysis of fictional texts produced during the Park Chung Hee era (1961-1979), particularly focusing on the development of “space” in its various physical and conceptual forms, and how texts engage with the rapid urbanization and industrialization of cities like Seoul and Incheon during this time.
We spoke about books, life, and Korea.
This episode again featuring Jeon Yunseo
Instagram: @y_jeon_s
Discussion Outline
0:00 Tanner's Introduction to Korea
15:55 The Park Chung-hee Era
40:05 Korean Literature
53:44 The Dwarf (난장이가 쏘아 올린 작은 공)
1:11:08 The Concept of Han
1:18:05 Hwang Sok-yong
1:36:34 Changing Korean Traditions
1:55:50 The Concept of Space
2:12:05 The Urbanization of Korean Space
2:25:35 1970s Korea vs 2024 Korea
2:36:25 Book Recommendations
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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▶ Recorded at 허브 36.5: https://www.instagram.com/the_story_from_you/
Sun, 21 Jan 2024 - 2h 39min - 69 - Can You Speak English? | Three Korean Women's Experiences
Can Korean people speak English? That was the question we explored in this discussion. Three young women studying at Seoul Women's University in South Korea talked about their own experiences of learning a foreign language and how it ultimately became something more than just education or study.
Hyun Minjung is a second-year student in the Department of Child Studies
Eo Gyeongin is a first-year student in the Department of Applied Food System
Jeon Yunseo is a first-year student in the Department of Journalism and Media
This episode again featuring Jeon Yunseo
Find them on Instagram
Yunseo: @y_jeon_s
Minjung: @llovnj
Gyeongin: @djurbyrfish
Discussion Outline
0:00 Encountering English for the First Time
7:50 Was English ever hard?
13:35 What kind of English Accent?
25:45 Learning English in Korea
34:15 Is there a Socio-Economic Aspect to English in Korea?
40:50 Having an English Name?
48:14 Korean Celebrities Speaking English
53:30 Interacting with Foreigners
1:01:20 Swearing in English
1:07:13 Is English more Democratic than Korean?
1:14:28 Would you Date Someone Who can't Speak English?
1:23:00 How to Learn English Online?
1:30:50 Advice for Learning English
1:47:40 Changing Korean Identity
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Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 1h 48min - 68 - ID:Earth | Korean Artists and Making Music Beyond K-Pop
ID:Earth is a singer, songwriter, and music producer from Seoul, Korea. She sings about human civilization, existence, birth, and the Earth with her music providing a fantastic backdrop for these explorations. Her latest album Space Station was released on December 12, 2023. We sat down with her to learn more about her music, her life, and being an artist in South Korea. ID:Earth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamidearth/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCVo9uVMP5JWUfXQh_hUDK0g
Her latest album Space Station: https://www.melon.com/artist/song.htm?artistId=2622503
Discussion Outline*
0:00 The Birth of ID: Earth
14:18 “Aliens”
22:18 Finding a Minimalist Sound
27:18 Being an Artist in South Korea
35:23 “Fire”
41:57 Writing Choruses
48:18 Creating OSTs for Dramas and Movies
1:03:21 “Sky Where You Are”
1:06:40 People’s Brains
1:10:37 ID:Earth’s Favourite Song
1:17:25 What ID:Earth is Listening to These Days
1:21:34 ID:Earth’s Plans for 2024
1:26:00 Advice for Young Artists
1:28:22 Message to the Fans
*Due to copyright reasons on audio platforms, we had to remove the audio of the 3 songs we played in the studio. You can find the tracks on YouTube or anywhere else.
This episode again featuring Jeon Yunseo
Find her on Instagram: @y_jeon_s
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Sun, 07 Jan 2024 - 1h 32min - 67 - Finding Meaning Through Ideas | David Tizzard
Having just finished a semester teaching 9 different classes at Seoul Women’s University and Hanyang University, I thought I’d end the year sharing some of the theories and thoughts I’ve been exploring with my students. This includes David Matsumoto’s work on culture, Han Byung Chul’s explorations of modernity and psychology, and Mark Fisher’s assertion that we are witnessing the slow cancellation of the future. These three frameworks seem to resonate with the students and, whether they agree with them or not, they all seem to have taken them on-board and understood them.
There was much more I wanted to include here, including the rice theory of culture, explorations of cultural appropriation and pronouns in Korea, multiculturalism, the LGBTGQ community and contact hypothesis, but time got the better of me during the finals season. I’ll return to these again at some point in 2024.
I have a lot of fantastic guests already lined-up for the new year so normal service will resume very shortly. This was just a special little way of saying thank you and Merry Christmas.
Discussion Outline
0:00 David Matsumoto
23:00 Han Byung Chul
42:30 Was Korean Modernity Worth it?
52:55 Mark Fisher
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Sun, 24 Dec 2023 - 1h 22min - 66 - Koryo Saram │Identity, Language, and Culture
Koryo Saram refers to the ethnic Koreans who migrated to the Russian Far East and Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The migration was mainly a result of economic opportunities and political instability in the Korean Peninsula during that period. But beyond the political and historical existence, there are people. Daniil and Yona are two of these people both trying to find their way in modern Korean society. Their identities, language skills, and feelings towards their homeland are very different, yet they relate to each other. With the help of Yunseo, we explored what it means to be a Koryo Saram and discovered much along the way.
Find them online/instagram
Pak Yona: @pkyo1
Daniil: @dnlyeux
Yunseo: @y_jeon_s
고려인 Youth Organization: https://www.instagram.com/ks.youthwave/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Overseas Koreans: https://www.okocc.or.kr/portal_en/global/okf_webzine.do
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introducing the Koryo Saram
25:00 Leaving Moscow: War and Politics
33:15 University and Visas
39:42 Language and Culture
45:30 Appearance and Visuals
53:33 Famous Koryo Saram in Pop Culture
59:20 Multicultural Korea
1:05:00 The Geography of Koryo Saram
1:11:30 North Korea
1:22:50 Misconceptions about Koryo Saram
1:42:50 Final Observations
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Sun, 17 Dec 2023 - 1h 49min - 65 - Exploring Seoul, Finding Life │iGoBart
Bart van Genugten is a Dutchman with a passion for people, history, stories, and 분위기 (atmosphere). His recent project, Welcome to my Dong, looks to explore all of Seoul's 467 dongs (neighborhoods) and it has proved incredibly successful online, with millions of views, countless stories, and a host of well wishers. Bart is keeping history alive amidst a rapidly changing urban culture and it is no surprise that many of his greatest fans are Koreans themselves.
During his journey, Bart is also discovering himself. Coming to terms with mental health, online identity, his Dutch family, and his place in Korean society. He is also a published author, cowriting a book (직항은 없다) with his wife, 김휘아, describing his experiences in Pyongyang with his father.
Find Bart online
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iGoBart
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/igobart_/
Discussion
0:00 Korean life and drinking culture
18:10 Welcome to my Dong
42:13 The ethics of filming people
45:10 Online success
1:00:45 The people of Seoul
1:13:00 Does Hallyu help?
1:17:26 North Korea
1:35:55 Subtitles and Content
1:41:49 Working with your wife
1:52:28 Fans of the channel
1:55:53 Mental health
2:06:50 The beauty of Korea
Thanks to 전윤서 for some help with this episode
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Sun, 03 Dec 2023 - 2h 18min - 64 - Pole Dance, Body Image, and Yoga │Jasmyn Kim
Jasmyn Kim is doing a PhD at Yonsei University in the Department of Sport Industry Studies, she is a pole dance instructor at Tara Pole Dance in Jong-ro, and she also teaches a Yoga course at Yonsei University. Her academic research focuses on body image and the gendered nature of pole dance as a modern Korean fitness phenomenon, and the physical and psychological effects it can have on women. In this conversation, we explore how and why pole dance has become so popular in South Korea and, in the process, transcended the reputation it had in the 1990s. If I spoke a bit too much during this one, please blame it on the coffee. I'm always working hard to become a better listener, host, and conversationalist, so please be patient with me. I'm trying.
Jasmyn Online
- Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jazzyxbelle
- Tara Pole Dance: https://www.instagram.com/tarapoledance
- Academic Research:
https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2022.2138511 https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2022.2132252
Discussion Outline
0:00 Pole dancing
10:00 Why did it get popular?
17:00 Who is pole dancing?
32:50 Cultural aspects of pole
37:00 Academia and the pole
43:05 Gender and Pole Dancing
55:40 Identity and Korea
1:17:25 Yoga
1:38:30 Social media and life
1:50:20 Dealing with body image
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Sat, 25 Nov 2023 - 2h 07min - 63 - Dangerous Discussions on Korean History │ Dr. Donald Baker
Although this started as a conversation about Gwangju and Professor Don Baker’s experiences there starting in 1971, including witnessing the aftermath of the massacre in 1980, we quickly understood there was much more for us to explore. This includes Don’s impressions of Kim Dae-jung, gender and women in the Joseon Dynasty, Korea’s historical relationship with China, Confucianism and ancestor worship, the effects of Japanese colonization, and the field of Korean Studies more broadly.
It was completely spontaneous, but I also noted the following people and their work referenced throughout this conversation, demonstrating the depth and breadth of Don’s knowledge: Alexis Dudden, Dave C Kang, Alexander Woodside, Jisoo Kim, Hyaeweol Choi, Carter Eckert, Andre Schmid, Jahyun Kim Haboush, Gregory Henderson, Robert Carlin, Eugene Park, Michael Seth, John Jorgensen, Kim Sun Joo, BR Myers, Bruce Cumings, James Palais, Mark Peterson, John Duncan, Steve Shields, and David Dolinger.
Despite knowing the tragedy and violence taking place in Gwangju, Don snuck into the city to find his friends and understand what was really happening. His descriptions of the attacks and murder that took place in Gwangju are heartbreaking to listen to. And through all of this, he nevertheless finishes with words of hope and positivity.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Unpacking Gwangju
6:00 Kim Dae-jung
10:20 1970s Korea
20:50 On Confucianism
24:30 Korean Studies
30:00 The Joseon Dynasty
38:50 Japanese Colonization and Collaboration
51:55 Korean Studies and Factions
1:08:50 Confucianism vs Catholicism (Ancestor Worship)
1:15:30 The Assassination of Park Chung-hee 1979
1:21:40 The Gwangju Massacre 1980
1:47:00 American Involvement in Gwangju
1:55:30 Representations of Gwangju
2:03:46 Conclusions on Life and Korea
Dr. Baker's Books
A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Reading of the Zhongyong (University of Hawaii Press, 2023) Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Chosŏn Korea (University of Hawaii Press) with Franklin Rausch. May, 2017 Korean Spirituality (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008) Chosŏn Hugi Yugyo wa Ch’ŏnjugyo ŭi Taerip [The Confucian Confrontation with Catholicism in the Latter Half of the Chosŏn Dynasty] (Seoul: Iljogak Publishing Co., 1997)Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard
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Sat, 18 Nov 2023 - 2h 10min - 62 - Korean History and its Leaders │ Korea Deconstructed #062
Steve first came to Korea in 1975 and continues his life-long love of the land of the morning calm. He has been a missionary, pastor, and leadership development officer. He has years of experience in translations and editing, has several published books and dozens of scholarly papers to his credit, mostly in theology and the religious history of the United States. He is a life member of Royal Asiatic Society Korea, served on the board of directors for many years, two terms as vice president, and is now serving a second term as president.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Coming to Korea in the 1970s
15:00 On the Korean Language
27:00 Life under Park Chung-hee
36:30 Changing economic conditions
51:20 Who was Park Chung-hee?
1:08:00 Choi Kyu-ha and life after Park
1:27:40 The Royal Asiatic Society
1:52:50 Christianity and Korea
2:30:20 The Youth of Korea
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Mon, 30 Oct 2023 - 2h 43min - 61 - The Rise and Fall of Korean Punk │Trash Yang Moses
This episode contains a lot of explicit language. If you are interested, the YouTube video features hundreds of photos of the bands, venues, and people we talk about.
Trash is a musician, designer, and tattoo artist who has been part of the Korean punk scene for two decades. Here, she talks about how she discovered underground subculture in her late teens and then watched it develop over the years. She describes the community's most important bands and people, as well as those who others might have forgotten along the way. The conversation also reveals how every time punk rock becomes mainstream in Korea something comes along to force it back underground. Much of my own twenties and thirties are a blur, but I played a lot of the same shows and venues with Trash. That she continues to keep the flame alive is a testament to her passion and desire for this scene. Find more of Trash's music, art, and work online Band (...Whatever That Means): https://www.instagram.com/wtmpunk/ Record label (World Domination Inc): https://www.wdikorea.com/ Tattoo shop (Rebellion Inc): https://www.instagram.com/rebellionin... Festival: https://ko.wdikorea.com/itsafest Discussion Outline: 0:00 Who is Trash? 6:56 The TV incident 14:25 The scene's early days 45:25 Crying Nut, Rux, and No Brain 57:50 BB Lucky Town 1:05:00 ...Whatever That Means 1:33:23 Starting a record label 1:50:16 Creating a festival 2:00:26 Life as a tattoo artist Many of the photos used are taken with permission and thanks from Ken Robinson and Juyoung Lee. If another photo is yours, thank you. Happy to credit you where necessary. Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube: /davidtizzard ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast... ▶ Listen on podcasts: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com... ▶ Music: Tampus Dusk - Tailspin
Sat, 09 Sep 2023 - 2h 22min - 60 - Korean Men: Mandatory Military Service
“People sleep peacefully in their beds because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell
Park Kyung Hoon (박경훈), Park Inu (박인우), and Lee Seung-il (이승일) are three South Korean men who have all recently completed their mandatory military service. One served in the Navy on the south coast, one in an administrative office, and one as a sniper in the DMZ. In this conversation they share their psychological and physical experiences of being called up by the government to complete more than 500 days of compulsory service. While their paths were all different, they were able to relate to each other in terms of the forced nature of the service, the apps that soldiers use, the boot camps they endured, and the separation and isolation they felt. The one enduring message to be taken from listening to them is that though few, if any, men want to complete this national obligation, because they do, the rest of us are able to live peacefully.
Conversation Chapters
0:00 getting enlisted and physical check-ups
18:00 when do people normally choose to serve?
22:25 boot camp
36:36 getting to base
48:40 500 days left and phone usage
52:50 being a sniper at the DMZ
1:02:50 Patriotism and Korean feelings
1:09:00 Going on Leave and military punishments
1:18:00 Getting out the military
1:27:50 Gratitude and respect for men that serve
1:37:55 Should women be conscripted too?
1:49:30 Should celebrities be exempt?
1:55:00 Charlie’s punishments
2:06:40 Closing thoughts
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Wed, 30 Aug 2023 - 2h 12min - 59 - Korea's Gen Z: How to Change the World
Choi Isu is a young South Korean woman who has a vision of a better world. She believes in communication, community, and education. Measures that will stop the fragmentation of society and isolation experienced by some people today. Much of this worldview has been informed by her own educational experiences. Attending Ewoo High School, she received an alternative education focused on discussion and student-based learning rather than the rote memorization required elsewhere. I've known Isu for around 6 months and continue to be amazed by her courage, personality, and willingness to venture into the unknown. When we talk about Korean Gen Z and youth, we would do well to remember examples like Isu. At the end of the podcast, you can even hear a hip-hop track we made together with help from Kevin. "In our present culture, we have become accustomed to putting new wine into old bottles and hoping that we can make the new conform to the pattern of the old. But that which is truly new is not recognizable by the old, and the old becomes a hindrance to the new. If we do not see the new, it is not because it is not there, but because we are anchored to the old, and the old, being repetitive, makes us dull, weary, and insensitive."
Discussion Outline
0:00 Alternative Education in Korea
12:22 University
19:00 Suneung (SATs)
27:20 Changing the World
40:00 AI and Chat GPT
46:00 MBTIs and fortune tellers
1:03:30 Do young Korean people still care about Confucianism?
1:20:20 Love and Romance in Gen Z
1:40:26 Main worries and pleasures
1:58:50 Feminism and Safety
2:09:00 What do Gen Z do apart from go to Cafes?
Isu's column in the Korea Times https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/08/715_354531.html
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Sun, 06 Aug 2023 - 2h 34min - 58 - I Lived Through Colonization and War in Korea but never Stopped Singing
Dr. Kim Kyung-jin was born in 1936. He grew up in Manchuria speaking Japanese at school, Korean at home, and then Chinese in the street. Before class, all students had to face Tokyo, bow, and pledge their allegiance to the Japanese empire. He said he would see people dead on the streets on his way to school, overdosed on opium. He was also there when the last Chinese emperor, the boy Puyi, passed through in 1943. Everyone was meant to bow and avert their eyes but he reckons he had a good gander.
When the second world war ended in 1945 and the Russians were coming into the area, the Japanese ordered them to retreat so they got on a train headed South towards Seoul. He left his dad at the station and never saw him again. About 10 years ago, a local historian tracked down old news reports from the 1930s and 1940s that featured his dad so he could remember what he looked like.
When they got back to Seoul, he started his hobbies of ice-skating, rugby, and singing. He went to school but the Korean War soon started in 1950 with the North Korean communists invading. While the communists ruled Seoul, he survived by teaching new recruits to the North Korean army patriotic songs (otherwise they'd kill him). He still remembers those songs and sings one of them for us. After that, as the war changed direction, he got picked up by the Americans because he could help them translate road signs in English, Japanese, and Korean. He followed them because they had better food and they were nice to him.
Then, in 1960, the war had ended and the country was struggling to become the democracy it is today and there were national demonstrations trying to kick out South Korea's first president. Dr. Kim was downtown in Seoul at the famous protests all kids today learn about in the books when he was shot in the arm by a Korean policeman with an M1 rifle. Still has the scar and he showed me it today. Pretty ironic that he survived the Russians, the Japanese, the North Koreans, and the Americans, and it was eventually one of his own, a South Korean, that shot him.
He lived through colonization, war, and dictatorship but he still smiles, laughs, and has a super positive outlook on life. He speaks multiple languages. He has done a Masters, a PhD, and has been the conductor of an orchestra for the past 40-odd years. He reckons he walks 13,000 steps a day to stay healthy.
What a dude! Absolutely floored me.
Big thank you to Professor Sam Denny (Associate Professor, Department of English Education at Sangmyung University) for arranging this for us and joining us on the podcast.
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Sat, 08 Jul 2023 - 1h 25min - 57 - Korean Generations with Dr. Robert J. Fouser
Dr. Fouser leads a fascinating and eye-opening exploration into the ideology, values, and activism of Korean students in the 1980s. He discusses and demonstrates the agency of that generation when contrasted to the people of today. He talks about 사대문안 as the traditional center of Seoul and how it's changing over time, with things moving south of the river as well as emerging migrant communities. The Korean language and Dr. Fouser’s experiences of writing 5 books in Korean and regular Korean-language columns for various national newspapers are also explored. Robert J. Fouser was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He holds a B.A. in Japanese language and literature, an M.A. in applied linguistics, both from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from Trinity College Dublin. He writes frequently on Korean society and culture and has been active in promoting hanok preservation.
Conversation Outline
0:00 Generations in Korea
6:40 Was the 386 Generation Leftist/Marxist?
28:50 Post-Democratization Korea
38:16 Modern Korea
1:04:10 The City of Seoul: 사대문안
1:28:28 The Korean Language
1:54:28 Does Han exist?
1:58:28 The Future of Korea: Resistance and Change
2:16:55 Lessons from life
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Sun, 18 Jun 2023 - 2h 24min - 56 - K-Sleep: The Science and Psychology of How Korean People Sleep
Dr. Sooyeon (Aly) Suh is a clinical health psychologist and professor of psychology at Sungshin University. She is also the author of the book 엄마의 잠 걱정을 잠재우는 책.
Our conversation explored the science and psychology of sleep in the modern world and how this has interacted with particular aspects of Korean culture, including co-sleeping, children's mental health, gender, sex, and social media.
Dr. Suh's book: https://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/105054567
Find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dralysuh
Discussion Outline
0:00 How much do Koreans sleep?
19:12 Korean children's sleep
24:50 Co-sleeping in Korea
38:40 Taemong (pre-natal dreams)
41:20 Gender and sleep in Korea
53:29 Wearables and sleep
1:02:54 Scrolling past bedtime: social media
1:20:40 Sleep Clinics
1:27:12 Psychological insomnia treatment
1:35:31 Sleep paralysis
1:50:12 Is sleep psychological or physical?
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▶ Music by me: Radical Gary - The Reoccurring Peace Machine
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 - 2h 01min - 55 - Spirituality: Psychology, Belief and Korea
David Mason is not only a vessel of wisdom, he is also a masterful storyteller. In just over two hours, he explains how people came to the Korean Peninsula, how Buddhism arrived from China, how it interacted with the indigenous Shamanism, the ideological conflicts and discussions the various schools of thought generated, the creation of the Jogye Order and the Taego Order, Master Songchul, how drugs affect the development of spirituality, how Sansin is Tangun, and much more...
He speaks honestly and from great experience. A conversation it felt a pleasure to be a part of and a follow-up discussion on Taoism is already being planned.
David Mason is an American academic who first came to Korea in 1982. He has authored about 10 prominent books on Korean culture, spirituality, travel and mountains, and serves as a scholar, author, public speaker and tour guide.
Find him online, book a tour, buy a book, and much more
David Mason's Website: https://san-shin.org
Discussion Outline
0:00 How did you get into spirituality?
5:24 The religious mountains of Korea
13:20 What is Korean Buddhism?
31:50 The temples of Korea
42:32 Does Buddhism still have a role to play today?
52:22 Negative perceptions of Shamanism
1:07:06 The role of drugs in Korean shamanism
1:11:44 Sansin vs Tangun
1:19:28 Shamanism and gender
1:25:00 Illegal shamanism in modern Korea
1:28:26 The supreme patriarch: Master Seongchol
1:38:25 Shaman temples you can visit today
1:44:25 Religion as psychological comfort in modern society
1:51:05 Park Chung-hee and the national parks of Korea
1:57:36 Personal enlightenment
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Sun, 21 May 2023 - 2h 08min - 54 - 1970s Korea: A History Lesson with Hank Morris
Mr. Hank Morris first arrived in Korea in 1972. This conversation takes him back to that time, recounting the sights, the smells, the people, the food and the accommodation. From the cars to the beer houses, Hank has seen more than most. Here, just before he leaves the country and returns to the United States, he shares his memories.
Despite being under strict instruction not the hit the table, Mr. Morris still punctuated various parts of his stories with his hands. Do please forgive him for the occasional thud. It was his first podcast.
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Sun, 14 May 2023 - 2h 23min - 53 - The Scent of Korea: History, Culture, and Phenomenology
You might not think that perfume is your thing but this is a conversation about culture, history, authenticity, and finding out who we are as people. You’ll learn about important historical figures such as King Sejong the Great, Shin Saimdang, Admiral Lee Sun-shin, and Heo Nanseolheon, explore Korean food and geography, and also hear how this will all work in the future as the country and its people push towards the metaverse. Oh Hani is an artist, a poet, and a thinker, and this is worth sticking with in order to discover the true beauty of her views on Korea.
Find Oh Hani online
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/haninalda
Youtube: https://youtu.be/W4YpYmBsFhE
Heroes of Korea: https://www.heroesofkorea.com
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Will Topley: https://www.willtopley.com/portraits
Sat, 06 May 2023 - 2h 22min - 52 - Don't Obey #052 Korean Photography, Fashion, and Sexuality
Dr. Michael W. Hurt is a photographer and professor living, shooting, and researching in Seoul. He received his doctorate from UC Berkeley’s Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies. He also started Korea’s first street fashion blog in 2006 and published the first English language book about Korean Fashion in 2009. He researches youth, street fashion, and digital subcultures in Seoul while lecturing on Cultural Theory and Art History. His present research focuses on using the camera to access and document emergent digital subcultures in Korea, including the political economy of the “pay model” on Korean Instagram, Seoul’s drag underground, and the youth-centric LGBTQ movement in Korea.
Our conversation focused on 90s fashion and culture, street photography, women as subjects/objects of fashion, heroin chic and 퇴폐미, Korean feminism, cultural appropriation, 부캐 vs 본캐, and Korean Studies as an academic field.
Michael's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seoulstreetstudios/
Michael's magazine: https://medium.com/seoulacious-magazine
9 minute: https://www.instagram.com/9minuite/
Discussion Outline
0:00 Early Days: Jeju in the 1990s
15:00 90s vibes and street culture
26:35 Street photography
39:00 Women as the subject and object of fashion
52:20 Photo editing vs reality: ethnography
59:24 Heroin chic and 퇴폐미
1:12:00 School girl concepts and smoking
1:22:40 Korean models and prices
1:36:13 Korean feminism
1:40:04 9 minute (구분)
1:48:36 Cultural appropriation
2:02:52 Korean Studies and Academia
2:14:45 부캐 vs 본캐
2:27:13 The perfect Confucian scholar
2:30:34 Hallyu: dead or alive?
2:35:15 Misunderstandings on Korea
2:36:50 The LGBTQ community in Korea
2:42:45 Race in Korea
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Mon, 03 Apr 2023 - 2h 53min - 51 - Vogue Femme #051
Cho Hyunjee is a dancer, a debater, and a young Korean woman willing to speak up for herself in a society that has often shown a great deal of disrespect to her gender. In this conversation she talks about when she first became conscious of this discrimination and the people who inspired her to rise above it. She also talks passionately about dance as a form of expression, individuality, and culture. Vogue dance in Korea might not be making international headlines yet but she believes it has the potential to grow and grow. We also talk about books that inspire us and some of the things that Korea does get right as a country.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Recognizing Gender Discrimination
12:43 Microagressions and Bias
22:58 The Future and the Job Market
34:08 The Power of Books
44:18 University Life
52:23 Misperceptions and Mental Health
56:12 Korean Vogue (Dance)
1:22:50 Dance Sports
1:34:58 What Does Korea do Well?
1:43:00 Korean Youth
Find Hyunjee online
Instagram @hjromy1
Dance sports @la_cha_ta_20
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Sat, 25 Mar 2023 - 1h 52min - 50 - Korean Philosophy #050
Episode 50 is......me!!
Or rather it's a conversation I had with Alex Sigrist early on a Monday morning in a studio in downtown Seoul for Arirang Radio. I had so much fun doing it and thought that some of the ideas and content would make for a great introduction for some people to Korean philosophy.
I briefly address the 일체유심조(一切唯心造) of Buddhism and then try to explain the debate between principle (理) and material force (氣) that dominated the Joseon Dynasty (1392 - 1897).
So....here it is. It's audio only. Normal service and conversations about Korea will resume soon. Thank you for everything.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Thank You
3:15 Introduction to Philosophy
9:40 Korean Thought and History
18:13 Neo-Confucianism: Li and Gi
27:43 Mencius and Good vs Evil
31:55 Philosophy of the Caste System
Alex on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/itsalexsigrist
DailyK: https://www.instagram.com/arirangdailyk/
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Thu, 09 Mar 2023 - 37min - 49 - Korean Democracy and Culture #049
Some of my earliest Korean experiences were shaped by reading Mike's books and columns. That I now get to speak to him, ask him questions, and join the conversation about Korea's democratization and political developments is still all rather surreal.
Michael Breen, Founder and CEO, lived in Korea for more than 30 years, working first as a journalist for The Guardian, The Times and The Washington Times before becoming a public relations consultant in 1994 with the Seoul office of the Burson Marsteller PR agency. He founded Insight Communications in 2004. He is the author of two books on Korea, including “The Koreans,” which was selected as one of the best books on the country by the Financial Times and Korea JoongAng Daily. Mike graduated with a degree in English literature and linguistics from Edinburgh University. He is a past president of the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club and an honorary citizen of Seoul.
Mike's Books
The Koreans: https://www.amazon.com/Koreans-They-Where-Their-Future/dp/0312326092
The New Koreans: https://www.amazon.com/New-Koreans-Story-Nation/dp/1250065054
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Sun, 26 Feb 2023 - 3h 00min - 48 - The North, The South, and The Coffee #048
Jacco Zwetsloot has been the host of the NK News Podcast since 2018. He has interviewed a wide range of guests about their knowledge of and experience in North Korea, from celebrity defectors to high-ranking U.S. government officials. Jacco has a Master of Arts from Leiden University, for which he wrote a thesis on North Korean graphic novels.
This is a conversation in two parts - both of which are fascinating. The first sees Jacco recount details of his three trips to the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang. These bring to life the reality of travelling in and out of a country determined to control the flow of internal and external information. He provides keen insights into the reality of this system and the practices carried out. The second half sees us talk about South Korea - a country Jacco has called home for many years. Of particular interest is the conversation about movies and culture. He finishes our chat by suggesting unification of the peninsula is something that will happen - though when and by what means he remains unsure.
NK News Podcast: https://www.nknews.org/category/north-korea-news-podcast/latest
Jacco on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaccoZed
Discussion Outline
0:00 Explaining North Korea
32:57 The People of North Korea
46:49 NK News Podcast
1:05:18 NK News
1:14:07 South Korea
1:32:54 Korean Movies, Music, and Books
1:55:08 The Foreign Community
2:09:34 Advice for Young People
2:18:20 Unification
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Fri, 17 Feb 2023 - 2h 36min - 47 - The Sublime Ideology of K-Advertising #047
Dr. Olga Fedorenko is scholar of Korean Studies and anthropology of media at Seoul National University. Her research interests revolve around media and its connection to social and political life in contemporary South Korea.
Her book The Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising At a Crossroads: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/flow... T
his is a discussion about Korea, media, and the advertising landscape. Dr. Fedorenko also taught me a staple of anthropology: Find the strange in the familiar, and the familiar in the strange. I love this idea.
My next two conversations are in-person so Olga might be the last Zoom discussion that takes place on Korea Deconstructed. There's something about being in-person.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Early Experiences of Korea
8:47 Contemporary South Korea
19:17: The Liberalization of Korean Media
28:00 Life in a Korean Advertising Agency
47:40 Marxism in Academia and South Korea
54:00 Celebrities in South Korea
1:14:10 Advertising in Daily Life
1:31:30 Advice and the Future
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Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 1h 42min - 46 - Korea's Three Revolutions #046
Philip Turner was appointed New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in March 2018. He is concurrently Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He has spent decades in China, Japan, and Korea.
Discussion Outline
0:00 What is a diplomat?
24:30 Life in East Asia
45:00 Experiences with South Korea
1:09:13 Values at home and abroad
1:26:40 North Korea
1:32:57 Youth and the next generation
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Sat, 04 Feb 2023 - 1h 50min - 45 - On Korean Civilization #045
Colin Marshall's essays on on cities, language, and culture have appeared in publications like the New Yorker, the Guardian, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, whose Korea Blog he wrote for six years. He's now at work on a book of essays in Korean, and a book about Los Angeles in English.
Find Colin Online
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Website: http://blog.colinmarshall.org/
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmG7qCR4RSo
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Tue, 24 Jan 2023 - 2h 45min - 44 - Do You Like K-Pop? #044
Haley Yang is a reporter at the Korea JoongAng Daily where she writes about culture, society, K-pop, and hallyu. This is a long conversation about Korean culture, society, and the people who live and engage with it. It's critical, humorous, and lots else in between. Come for the content, stay for the shade, leave with a smile.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Introduction
2:48 Writing about Hallyu
10:35 New Jeans and the K-pop Scene
43:20 Beauty Standards and Plastic Surgery
1:08:49 Dating and Sexuality
1:20:00 Social Media Love and Toxicity
1:42:40 Omega X and Corporate Abuse
1:54:00 Fetishization and Koreaboos
2:17:00 K-Content vs Korean Content
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Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/haleydoseof
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Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 2h 44min - 43 - Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim: Cross-Cultural Psychology and Korean Behavior | Korea Deconstructed #043
This is a conversation about behavioral patterns passed down over generations which then produce real-life manifestations of cultural concepts. We explore the symbiotic relationship between values, behavior, and material conditions as well as how acculturation takes place at different speeds in each domain. Dr. Kim explores culturally-bound syndromes such as hwabyeong (화병) and then explains the behavioral psychologist view of han (한), jeong (정), nunchi (눈치), and chaemyeon (체면). Paul Youngbin Kim is a Professor of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. He received a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Notre Dame in 2010. His scholarly interests are in Asian and Asian American psychological processes, especially regarding the cultural, interpersonal, and individual factors that impact psychological outcomes such as mental health and attitudes toward seeking mental health help. His scholarly work has been published in some of the top academic journals of his field (e.g., Journal of Counseling Psychology, Asian American Journal of Psychology). Paul is Korean by birth but has lived outside of Korea since he was 10 years old. His cross-cultural experiences continue to inspire his scholarly endeavors.
Discussion Outline
0:00 Cultural Constructs
8:30 Korean Behavior
17:40 The Korean Concept of ‘Han’
21:47 Inter-Generational Trauma
33:15 Nunchi (눈치) and Gat-saeng (갓생)
39:16 Power distance and Hierarchy
42:20 Chaemyeon (체면)
47:20 Can Non-Korean People ‘get’ Korean cultural concepts?
53:05 Advice for young people
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Tue, 27 Dec 2022 - 1h 02min - 42 - Peter Bint: Being Famous in Korea | Korea Deconstructed #042
Peter Bint is a television and radio personality. With a Korean mother and a British father, he successfully navigates two cultures, building bridges and making friends along the way. He currently hosts a daily two-hour morning radio show and appears on MBC's United Fathers among many other things. This is a conversation about identity, language, multiculturalism, lookism, K-pop, fame, and children. Peter's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peterbint338
Peter's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/peter_b83/?hl=en
United Fathers: https://mydramalist.com/738875-united-fathers
Discussion Outline
0:00 What Part of You is Korean?
16:00 Korean Ethnicity
25:22 The Korean Language
37:10 Modern Multiculturalism
44:07 Hallyu and its Effects
56:36 Lookism
1:06:13 K-Pop
1:16:05 Television and Fame
2:06:00 Raising Kids in Korea
2:13:41 Advice for Young People
2:21:20 Question for the Next Guest
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Tue, 20 Dec 2022 - 2h 27min - 41 - Dr. Henry Em: When Did Koreans Become Korean? | Korea Deconstructed #041
When did Koreans become Korean? That is the question Dr. Henry Em, Associate Professor of History at Yonsei University, and I started exploring. It wasn’t planned. And it was difficult. But by then end of this, I think we got somewhere. And I got to know Henry more as a person. We’re talking about the creation of nation states, official narratives, the minjok, and actors as the subjects of history. About people. About Kim Ku, about Park Chung-hee, About status and gender in Korean history, post-colonialism, communism, North Korea, and memory and violence. We even talk about K-dramas.
Henry Em (임흥순) is associate professor of Asian Studies at Yonsei University, Underwood International College. He was born in Seoul, grew up in Chicago, and received his BA, MA, and PhD (History, 1995) from the University of Chicago. From 1995 to 2013, he was assistant professor at UCLA and University of Michigan, and associate professor at NYU. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar to Korea (1998-1999) and Visiting Professor at Centre de Recherches sur la Corée, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris (2000). Professor Em began teaching at Yonsei University in 2013. His recent publications include “North Korea as Neighbor: Critical Scholarship on North Korea,” Korea Journal, 61-3 (autumn, 2021), “Christianity, the Cold War, and the Construction of the Republic of Korea,” Korea Journal, 60-4 (winter, 2020), and “Killer Fables: Yun Ch’i-ho, Bourgeois Enlightenment, and the Free Laborer,” Journal of Korean Studies, 25-1 (March, 2020). His book, The Great Enterprise: Sovereignty and Historiography in Modern Korea, was published by Duke University Press in 2013.
Henry’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Enterprise-Sovereignty-Historiography-Asia-Pacific/dp/0822353725
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Wed, 14 Dec 2022 - 2h 34min - 40 - Jeon Seoyeon: Education, Feminism, and Kindness | Korea Deconstructed #040
Jeon Seoyeon is a South Korean woman working towards becoming a landscape architect and focused on helping social minorities. We talk about the importance of kindness and how it can affect our lives. What modern feminism feels like in South Korea. And the reality of Korean education. During this, Seoyeon is able to draw on the ideas of Mark Fisher, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and even swear on occasion. I hope you enjoy this conversation and Sara's attitude to life as much as I did.
Conversation Outline
0:00 Introduction
2:08 Education and Suneung
33:20 Women and Feminism
53:50 Helping Social Minorities
1:26:51 Advice for Young People
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Mon, 21 Nov 2022 - 1h 35min - 39 - Dr. Mark Peterson: Slavery, Confucianism, and Korean History | Korea Deconstructed #039
Mark Peterson first arrived in Korea in 1965. He then completed a PhD at Harvard University. He is professor emeritus of Korean, Asian and Near Eastern languages at Brigham Young University in Utah. He has written countless books and now runs a popular YouTube channel on Korean history. Dr. Peterson has developed a strong understanding of the language and culture and used these to develop his own thoughts on Korean history. This is a wide-ranging discussion addressing the past, the present, and the future. We discussed Korea's internal developments as well as its place in the wider world. There was respectful disagreement, shared laughter, and mutual respect throughout the conversation. I hope you find it as thought-provoking as I did. Dr. Peterson's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/우물밖의개구리TheF... Dr. Peterson's New Book: https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduc... Discussion Outline
0:00 Korea in 1965
33:25 What is Confucianism?
46:17 Korea and China Relations
59:24 Slavery in Korea
1:17:00 Gregory Henderson
1:21:39 Confucianism in Modern Korea
1:45:36 Korean Language and Culture
1:51:26 Books on Korea
2:20:46 Korea as a Peaceful Nation
2:50:54 Advice for Young People
3:00:11 Fear of Death
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Sat, 12 Nov 2022 - 3h 12min - 38 - Lieutenant General Chun In-Bum (ret.): Korean Military, BTS, Life Lessons | Korea Deconstructed #038
Lieutenant General Chun In-Bum (ret.) has played an important role in the history and development of South Korea. Now retired, his popular YouTube channel helps address contemporary issues facing the current generation as they prepare for or look back on their own mandatory military service. At the age of 65, the General has seen and experienced more than many of us could imagine. This is an opportunity to listen to him talk about life, discipline, and the importance of freedom. Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_In-bum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/INBUMCHUN Discussion Outline
BTS' Decision and Military Service
Mobile Phones in the Korean Military
Discipline
The Korean Army in Media (JSA, DP, Descendants of the Sun)
North Korea
The Korean Military on YouTube
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Tue, 25 Oct 2022 - 1h 39min - 37 - Youngwoo Park: The Korean Queer Community, Christians, and Positivity | Korea Deconstructed #037
Youngwoo Park majors in Italian Area Studies and International Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. His fields of interest include human rights, development cooperation, and the sociology of gender and race. Youngwoo is currently working as a translator in the Department of Operations and Support for the Seoul Queer Culture Festival.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/youngwoo-park-419524214/?originalSubdomain=kr
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Sat, 03 Sep 2022 - 1h 34min - 36 - Jumin Lee: Politics, Gender, and Anti-Discrimination | Korea Deconstructed #036
Jumin Lee is a Korean trial attorney and former Air Force officer. He writes regularly for NK News and Korea Pro on Korean politics, with a recent focus on gender, discrimination, and protections of minorities in South Korea. We spoke at length about key issues in Korean politics, the problems facing both major parties, the struggles of the Justice Party, and revisited influential characters such as Kim Dae-jung and Kim Yong-sam.
You can find Jumin's work here: https://www.nknews.org/content_author/jumin-lee/
Or follow him here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oldtype
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This is a conversation about K-Dramas and mental health, covering Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Hometown Cha Cha Cha, Our Blues, Tomorrow, and much more. We talk about the romance, the beauty standards, the soundtracks, the coping mechanisms, and the international success.
Jeanie Chang is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a bestselling author on Amazon, an international corporate speaker, and a global social media influencer known as Noona's Noonchi
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Sat, 13 Aug 2022 - 2h 08min - 34 - Chun Su Jin: The Princesses of Pyongyang| Korea Deconstructed #034
Chun Su-jin is a South Korean writer who is proud of her North Korean heritage. Born and raised in Seoul, Chun dreams of living in Pyongyang in a unifed Korea. She writes in both Korean and English and has covered the Presidential Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the Unification Ministry.
Su-jin has recently written and published a book called North Korean Women in Power: Daughters of the Sun which covers the four most powerful women in the country, detailing their personalities and proximity to power.
http://hollym.net/book/north-korean-women-in-power-daughters-of-the-sun/
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Fri, 05 Aug 2022 - 41min - 33 - Kim Yung Hee: Searching for my Korean Family | Korea Deconstructed #033
Kim Yung Hee was found by the Yeongdeungpo-gu police on October 26, 1973. She has since found her biological father. Now she is looking for her biological mother whose name is Lee Geum Soon or Lee Geum Sook. Her father's nickname for her mother was "망고". She is about 75 years old. Her mother's hometown is Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. In the early 1970s, her mother lived with her sister across from Shinhyeon Church in Daehyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Help Yung Hee find her family
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This is definitely a conversation in two parts. For the first hour, we talk about LGBTQ literature and poetry in South Korea, particularly the work of Kim Hyun. We ask what it means to write queer poetry, who the leading figures in South Korea are, and what this says about society changing over time with the rise of institutions like Ding Dong. There is also a focus on the newly-published English version of Glory Hole, a collection of queer poetry which Suhyun co-translated. We then shift gears and address the focus of his doctoral work: Confucian philosophy. Suhyun is interested in the epistemological debates in the field and whether knowledge and values are transcendental or of internal origins. He charts some of the debates over the centuries, up to and including contemporary Korean philosophy. I push back in some ways and ask about the enslavement of large swathes of the population and the patriarchal system some say Confucianism created. It was a great discussion as the rain poured down outside our windows. Suhyun J. Ahn is a PhD candidate studying East Asian philosophy. When he is not researching, he translates Korean poetry. His works have appeared the award-winning documentary, Time to Read Poems. He recently translated Kim Hyun’s Glory Hole, the first Korean queer poetry collection. Until 2020, he was the founder and the editor-in-chief of Nabillera: Contemporary Korean Literature.
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Tue, 14 Jun 2022 - 1h 55min - 31 - Hyun Joon Lee: Crypto Bros, Luna and Do Kwon, and the Kimchi Premium | Korea Deconstructed #031
Recent shockwaves in the Korean crypto world have been caused by the crash of Luna and subsequent investigations into its founder Do Kwon. Hyun Joon (Andre) explains the Korean crypto world, the 'Kimchi Premium', Korean law and the reason foreigners are banned from the Korean crypto exchanges, the effects of the Luna crash, and the future of the industry.
Hyun Joon (Andre) Lee is a Business Development and Marketing Specialists at Mainblock, a South Korea based incubation and VC firm working with blockchain-based projects in the P2E, NFT, Metaverse and DeFi space. He started his cryptocurrency journey in 2017, by arbitraging the price discrepacy of cryptocurrencies between exchanges and is now focusing on Music NFTs, and Play2Earn projects.
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Fri, 10 Jun 2022 - 1h 52min - 30 - Dr. Doh Minjung: Psychology, Mental Health, and Medication | Korea Deconstructed #030
Dr. MinJung (MJ) Doh is a US-licensed psychologist and the CEO of You&Me Psychological and Consulting Services (YPCS) in Seoul, Korea. Her specialties include Depression, Anxiety, Relationship Issues, Trauma, Eating Disorders, Identity Difficulties, Bereavement, Adjustment, Alcohol Use, Transracial Adoption, and Military Families.
This conversation is about counselling and mental health in Korea. MJ provided her opinions of the most common psychological problems in the country today, whether it points to a national malaise, and if such conditions are unique to Korean or part of a wider global trend. We also looked at the rising popularity of MBTI tests and increased use of medication here in Korea.
You&Me Psychological and Consulting Services: http://www.ypcskorea.com/
Dr. Doh Minjung: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minjung-mj-doh-51399365/
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Tue, 31 May 2022 - 1h 46min - 29 - Lina Kwon: Stardom, Celebrity, and Social Media | Korea Deconstructed #029
Lina Kwon is a TV/radio personality based in Seoul. She has hosted Arirang TV’s “Showbiz Korea,” EBS FM’s “Morning Special” and currently hosts Arirang Radio’s news magazine show “Good Morning Seoul.” During her career she has interviewed and worked with some of Korea's biggest stars. We discussed the nature of fame and celebrity in South Korea. We also explored the media's role in all of this and how social media has affected both the way we consume information and the way we view others' lives. Lina also talks about the challenges of being a woman in the industry, particularly in terms of unequal pay and a glass ceiling. Find her every morning from 7am - 9am here: http://www.arirang.com/Radio/Radio_Ho...
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Wed, 18 May 2022 - 1h 42min - 28 - Kay Park: Gen Z, Korean History, Identity | Korea Deconstructed #028
Kyungyeon (Kay) Park is an 18-year-old Korean high school student. She has won competitions in the National Student Heritage Commentating Contest (전국학생문화유산외국어해설 텐츠대회) and been recognized by the National Council of Youth Organization in Korea (한국청소년단체협의회). She is also in the process of writing a book on aspects of Korean history.
Alongside her studies, she works as a tour guide in Seoul at some of the country's most important historic sites. There she provides information and insight to visitors to South Korea.
We spoke about identity, Korean culture, nunchi, history, Seodaemun Prison, the country's palaces, Korean independence, international relations, and much more.
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Sun, 08 May 2022 - 2h 16min - 27 - Sihoon Baek: Generation Z, the Future, Politics | Korea Deconstructed #027
Sihoon Baek is a phenomenon. We spoke about Generation Z, their values, their interests, and fears as well how this plays out across technology. We also spoke about one of his great passions: politics and social issues. Despite the growing complexity of political discourse, Sihoon is able to explain and analyze what takes place in South Korea from a very real perspective and cognizant of the effect that social media has on discourse and narratives. We chatted for more than 3 hours yet there was still much more to be said. And oh yeah, he’s seventeen!
Sihoon Baek’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sihoon-baek-62744a1b6/
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Sat, 30 Apr 2022 - 3h 07min - 26 - Dr. Minsoo Kang: Han and Intellectual History| Korea Deconstructed #026
This is a conversation which explores the concept of “han” (한/恨) – something previously ubiquitous in Korean literature and western writing about the country but which Dr. Kang challenges. He argues that Koreans are being condemned to passive suffering and then manifesting that through a perceived essentialist concept which is believed unique to them. He points to its destructive nature as well as the damaging effects on gender relations and women in society. Instead, he draws on the reality of what “han” is as well as its origins while also acknowledging the scars, suffering, and inter-generational trauma that many have faced. He also addresses how elements of the Korean diaspora might have reclaimed the term in a different setting. From there, we looked at intellectual history and the creation of myths more broadly and how this applies to Korea. Minsoo is a charismatic, engaging, and honest speaker. We stopped after 3 hours but it could’ve been much longer. Discussion Outline 0:00 What is ‘han’? 36:44 The connection between han and history 51:17 Seopyeonjae and han 1:04:38 Gender and han 2:12:41 Do we have free will? 2:35:16 What is the meaning of life? Dr. Minsoo Kan Against Han: https://aeon.co/essays/against-han-or-why-koreans-are-not-defined-by-sadness The Story of Hong Gildong: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Hong-Gildong-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143107690 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsoo_Kang Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidTizzard ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast... ▶ Listen on Spotify: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com... ▶ Artwork: Chan https://www.instagram.com/chans_desig... ▶ Music: disorientalz https://www.instagram.com/disoriental...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 - 2h 42min - 25 - Wooseok Ki: K-Pop, Hip-Hop, and NFTs | Korea Deconstructed #025
Wooseok Ki is the author of K-POP: The Odyssey - Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon and a NYC-based corporate lawyer focusing his practice on blockchain and technology. He is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School and UC Berkeley, and has been featured in The Korea Times, Korea Daily, and NBCLX.
If you are interested in K-pop or Korean hip-hop, this conversation takes a journey through the following artists: Epik High, Twice, Ahn Ye-Eun, Eric Nam, Dean, Crush, Justthis, Bloo, Homies, Seonmi, Chung Ha, 88rising, BTS, Snoop, Seotaeji, Cho Young Pil, Big Bang, and G-Dragon. Really enjoyed listening to Wooseok’s take on music. The exploration of NFT technology, which stars are using it, and how fans are reacting was particularly enlightening for an old dude like me.
Wooseok's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PW3MLPN/
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Article: https://news.koreadaily.com/2021/01/20/society/generalsociety/9024924.html
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Sun, 03 Apr 2022 - 1h 07min - 24 - Beth Eunhee Hong: Literature and Feminism | Korea Deconstructed #024
Beth is a writer and translator whose roots are in Seoul and Vancouver, Canada. She is currently a copy editor at The Korea Herald, where she also co-hosts a Korean books and culture podcast.
This is a conversation about Korean literature and feminism as well as the interaction between the two. Beth describes the ways in which the lived experiences of Korean women has manifested in writing and how generational trauma can be communicated through art. Today, Korean authors are winning international prizes and critical acclaim. Much of this success has been driven by women and stories revolving around their lives. We explored the work of Han Kang (한강), Cho Nam-joo’s Kim Ji-young: Born 1982, Park Wan-suh (박완서), Oh Jung-hee (오정희), Kim Chi-won (김지원) and more. This is a broad and wide-ranging discussion that moves beyond writing and into deeper questions about what it means to be human. Literature here is seen a medium through which the oppressed in society can find their authentic voice and transcend/break the avatar they have constructed for daily survival.
Beth's Work
Beth’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/betheunhee
Translations: https://nabillerakorea.com/?s=beth+hong
Korean Women’s Fiction Book Review: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220224000105
International Women’s Day podcast episode: https://youtu.be/ZPPz3J1PFe8
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Sat, 26 Mar 2022 - 2h 16min - 23 - Yunjeong Hwang: Divorce and Law | Korea Deconstructed #023
Yunjeong Hwang is an English-speaking lawyer and provides legal services in Korea. She runs Lawyer Hwang Law Office and legal services cover civil, criminal and family cases, and international divorce cases. We spoke about the culture and law of divorce in Korea. This includes issues related to adultery, compensation, custody, visas, and differences between judicial divorce and divorce by agreement. We then spoke about law more broadly including the defamation law, lenient punishment for sexual crimes, and the intersection between law and politics.
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Wed, 23 Mar 2022 - 1h 13min - 22 - Dr. Bong Youngshik: The New Korean President | Korea Deconstructed #022
Dr. Bong Youngshik holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Yonsei University. He is a Research Fellow at the Yonsei University Institute for North Korean Studies
Dr. Bong is positive about Korea’s democracy, the role of youth, and the possibilities for the future. He also interesting observations about human nature and political action. Our conversation was about the recent South Korean presidential election. Dr. Bong explained who president-elect Yoon Seok-yeol is and why he has built a reputation for fairness and justice in South Korean society, including the investigations into former Jsutice Minister Cho Kuk and two ex-Presidents, Park Geun-hye and Lee Myoung-bak. He then criticizes elements of Yoon’s victory which focused on a divisive approach to gender. He offered insight as to Ahn Chul-soo’s possible future and why his unification with Yoon nearly backfired. He also looked at the Justice Party and Sim Sang-jung’s poor performance and gave reasons for this. Finally, we looked at what the Conservative Party’s victory says about President Moon’s legacy.
Dr. Bong Youngshik
ROK and US Views on the Foreign Policy of the Abe Administration
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/youngshik-bong-b2404318/?originalSubdomain=kr
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Sun, 13 Mar 2022 - 1h 06min - 21 - Dr. Sojin Lim: Korean Development and Altruism | Korea Deconstructed #021
Dr. Sojin Lim is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Course Leader for both MA North Korean Studies and MA Asia Pacific Studies, and Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) at the University of Central Lancashire. She works as Co-Editor of the ‘Routledge Research on Korea’ series and is also one of the Editors-in-Chief at Asia Pacific Viewpoint (Wiley). She is the author of articles and book chapters on sustainable development, public policy and political economy. She recently published a co-edited book Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea (2021). She frequently discusses changes in the Korea Peninsula in media interviews, such as appearing on BBC.
Our conversation was about South Korea’s economic and societal development. It was enriched by Sojin’s many personal recollections of growing up in a country that was fighting authoritarian rule. We discussed what “the miracle on the Han River” actually means and how the “new village movement” affected the people of South Korea. We looked at foreign aid and the effectiveness of neo-liberal policies. We also questioned the role of culture in all of this. More broadly we explored the idea of altruism, aid, and gift-giving. We then discussed North Korea and whether aid or sanctions are the most effective policies for what Sojin sees as a fragile state. Finally, we looked at the field of Korean Studies more broadly and how the discipline is changing over time.
Dr. Sojin Lim’s Recent Publications
Website: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/academics/dr-sojin-lim
“South korean Popular Culture in the Global Context: Beyond the Fandom,” Routledge (edited) (2022)
“Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea”, Routledge (co-edited) (2021)
“Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison,” BRILL (co-edited) (2021)
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Mon, 07 Mar 2022 - 2h 20min - 20 - Subin Kim: Webtoons, Artists, and Industry | Korea Deconstructed #020
Subin Kim is a writer, translator, and journalist. His work currently appears in Al Jazeera and he’s previously been associated with the BBC and NK News. He’s a self-described serf and a lover of pigs.
Our conversation started with understanding what webtoons actually are and who reads them. We discussed the popular webtoon Miaseng (미생) and how a lot of content seems to be based on daily life and people’s ordinary struggles. Subin told me about the relationship between webtoons and portal sites. Gang Full (강풀)’s 2003 Soonjung Manhwa was the first webtoon to achieve great success and from there we looked at popular modern stars such as Yaongyi (야옹이). Subin recommends Damage Over Time as a webtoon that would make a great Netflix adaption. We then talk about the future in terms of whether they will become more interactive, and if they can achieve international success like K-pop and K-dramas.
Subin’s website: https://subin.kim/
Subin’s writing on webtoons for Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/31/korean-webtoons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SubinBKim
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Mon, 28 Feb 2022 - 1h 06min - 19 - Seohyun Lee: North Korea, Life in Pyongyang, Seeking Freedom | Korea Deconstructed #019
Seohyun Lee was born and raised in central Pyongyang, North Korea. She went to China to study when she was a sophomore at Kim Il Sung University and earned her bachelor’s degree of Science in Finance from Dongbei University of Economics and Finance in 2014. She defected from North Korea in October 2014 during a heightened period of brutal purges by the Kim Jong Un regime. With her long- term vision to build a liberal democratic system and bring freedom in North Korea, she pursues further graduate studies an currently runs a YouTube channel ‘Pyonghattan’ with her brother. Our conversation started with language and Seohyun made it clear that rather than being called a defector or escapee, she prefers the term North Korean freedom seeker. She had done nothing wrong before leaving her country and wants to find a term that best encapsulates that sense of innocence and positivity. She spoke about her childhood in North Korea: what toys she had, what games she played, and what school was like. She also recounted the pressures of trying to stay warm in the country during the cold winters. She explained dating culture in North Korea, shopping, drinking, and the dangers of watching South Korean content. In terms of politics, Seohyun finds problems with the theocratic leadership in North Korea rather than the citizens. She paints a picture of what socialism means in the country in day-to-day life and describes the misconceptions and misunderstandings that many have about the country. Finally, she gave us her views on life, its meaning, and what the future holds.
Pyonghattan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Pyonghattan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pyonghattan
Why I Left North Korea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5AoG...
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Tue, 22 Feb 2022 - 1h 17min - 18 - Se-Woong Koo: Grand Narratives, Journalism, and The Korea Exposé | Korea Deconstructed #018
Se-Woong Koo is founder of Korea Exposé. Before joining the media world, Koo earned his PhD from Stanford University for a dissertation examining the intersection of politics and religion in modern Korea. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France, from 2012 to 2013; and he taught at the Asian University for Women and at Yale University as Henry Hart Rice Foundation Faculty Fellow and Lecturer.
We talked about the foundation of modern Korea and the role religion as a belief system has played in the country’s development. We then discussed the South Korean domestic journalism scene, focusing on ethical problems as well as well as where various outlets sit in the political spectrum. During our discussion, Se-Woong pointed to the construction and reinforcement of ‘grand narratives’ that reify rather than challenge the status quo. The Korea Exposé was founded by Se-Woong to challenge the continued inadequacy of a lot of western reporting on the country. It also positioned itself to the left, addressing issues of social justice and inequality. On particular topics, Se-Woong shared his thoughts on anti-Chinese sentiment, freedom of speech vis-à-vis North Korea, the danger of transgressing historical norms through Korean dramas, social justice in cultural products, and economic inequality. He finished by offering his thoughts on how journalism on Korea can improve. As always, the last question we tackled was the notion of what gives life meaning.
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Sun, 13 Feb 2022 - 2h 09min - 17 - Regina Kim: K-Dramas, Netflix, K-Pop, and Anti-Asian Racism | Korea Deconstructed #017
Regina Kim is a Culture and Trends Writer for Netflix. Her articles on the hallyu phenomenon and Korean content have appeared in Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, ELLE, MTV News, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, NBC News, and Teen Vogue. They also include an interview with Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk. We talked about what it feels like to be writing about Korean content while it is so popular. Because Regina works for Netflix, we talked about distribution, algorithms, and access to the latest Korean dramas. From there, we look at what constitutes a Korean drama and whether there are any that people might be sleeping on. After that, it was K-pop, NFTs, and metaverses; what was her track of the year; and why are idol groups more popular internationally than acts like IU or AKMU. Finally, we looked at her work on anti-Asian racism. Her pieces on this struck a chord with many, suggesting that if one is to stan Korean content, there is also a responsibility to stand up against anti-Asian behavior. The conservation closes with Regina’s thoughts on the future and the meaning of life.
Netflix Tudum: https://www.netflix.com/tudum
Regina’s website: reginakim.com
The K-Drama Renaissance: https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37293494/korean-drama-renaissance-explained/
K-Pop Artists: https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g38302910/best-k-pop-artists-if-you-love-bts-blackpink/
Anti-Asian Racism: https://www.elle.com/life-love/a36411959/stop-aapi-hate-k-pop/
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Sat, 05 Feb 2022 - 2h 10min - 16 - Becky White: The Halfie Project, Korean-ness, and the Modeling Industry | Korea Deconstructed #016
Becky White is a model, a singer, a podcast host, a writer, and countless other things. She is also the daughter of a Korean mother and an American father. Drawing on her own experiences growing up and then living and working in Korea, she created The Halfie Project: a journey to discover the meaning of a mixed identity - an identity which inhabits two cultures. We talk about what it means to be Korean, what she learned from the Halfie Project, and the nature of beauty and appearance in Korean society The Halfie Project: https://www.thehalfieproject.com/ Podcast: https://www.thehalfieproject.com/halfieprojectpodcast
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Fri, 28 Jan 2022 - 1h 44min - 15 - Lee Taewoong: Korean History, Archival Footage, and KBS Documentaries
Lee Taewoong is a producer for KBS, holding a position in the sports bureau since 2003. After his initial feature lengths explorations of ssiruem, football, and archery, he soon turned to more historic, social, and cultural work. His hugely successfully and acclaimed documentary 88/18 depicted the real life experiences of Korean people as they prepared for the Olympics, from the President, to middle-class aspirants, leftists protestors, and school children. This approach to covering Korean society as it actually existed was continued in the series Modern Korea – a multipart documentary based on Taewoong’s signature style of archival footage, music, and narrative-less full-length features. I sometimes compare his work to Adam Curtis’ and believe much of what he has done is better than most Korean history books out there.
88/18 Documentary: https://youtu.be/cS-MZlwLqYQ
Ssireum Documentary: https://youtu.be/pK-rDB7PliM
1968 - 싸우면서 건설한다: https://youtu.be/WnGZQhA-mAg
Modern Korea Documentary: https://modernkorea.wordpress.com/
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Sat, 15 Jan 2022 - 1h 36min - 14 - #014 K(Q)ueerness, Soft Masculinity and FanFic in K-pop with Dr. Jungmin Kwon
Dr. Jungmin Kwon is an assistant professor of digital culture and film studies in the School of Film at Portland State University. Her research and teaching interests include digital culture, film and media, gender and sexuality, media industry, fans and audiences, media celebrity, and Korean/East Asian popular culture. She is the author of Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies (2019, University of Iowa Press). Currently, Dr. Kwon is writing her second book, titled The (In)Visibility Dilemma: Queer Media Cultures and Voices in Contemporary South Korea. Jungmin’s book: https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9... Jungmin’s recent research: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapter... Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXcd... Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast... Listen on Spotify: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com... Artwork: Chan https://www.instagram.com/chans_desig... Music: disorientalz https://www.instagram.com/disoriental...
Sat, 08 Jan 2022 - 1h 40min - 13 - #013 Exploring Sexual Slavery: Memory, Pain, and Compassion with Sylvia Yu Friedman
Growing up, Sylvia rejected her Korean identity and it took her decades to come to terms with it. Her attitude changed when she began writing and researching the tragedy of sexual slavery, particularly that carried out by the Japanese in Korea. She discovered generational pain: something passed down, unresolved. Something, she says, that might be “han”.
A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia is her new book published by Penguin. It explores the stories and memories of women across the continent who suffered unspeakable acts and then seeks to shine a light of compassion on their lives. Based on the time she spent with these women, Sylvia believes there are political solutions that must be sought. Moreover, history must be explored and contended with, despite what bitterness might arise. But for us as individuals, we have a responsibility to be informed and give back to our society, particularly at the local level.
"...I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 - 1h 06min - 12 - #012 The Korean Language, Culture, and Fame with Hyunwoo Sun (TTMIK)
If you’ve ever tried to learn Korean, there’s a really strong chance you did so by listening to Hyunwoo. The founder of Talk To Me In Korean, he has become a leading figure in the language learning community thanks to his books, podcasts, and videos. He shared his thoughts on the Korean language and how hierarchy and democracy plays into all of this, particularly with age and honorific systems. Hyunwoo also talks about the language itself, in terms of its relative ease, focus on verbs, and lack of pronouns. He suggests that despite the boom in Hallyu worldwide, the Korean language learning community has not experienced too many crossover effects yet, but that they might be coming soon. We also discuss the Talk To Me In Korean community with its millions of subscribers worldwide, the way people study, the joy it brings him, and the changing nature of his celebrity and public image amidst all this.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 - 59min - 11 - #011 The Hallyu Phenomeon, Economy and Culture, and Korean Identity with Dr. Gyu-tag Lee
Hallyu is not a sudden phenomenon, Dr. Lee says. It’s been an international culture since the 1990s. But from about the 2010s, enjoying Korean popular culture for non-Asians has become a new trend in cyberspace. This means Korean popularity is closely connected to technological changes in the media environment and industry. The two are interdependent. Despite the earlier popularity of Japanese cultural products, the promotion strategies used then were not very effective and there was not a concerted effort at spreading it to the rest of Asia. Locally, Dr. Lee talks of how one of his friends at high school was punished for playing a Japanese song at lunchtime.
Eventually, economic difficulties domestically pushed Korean cultural products outside of the country and seeking new markets. China’s change from communism to capitalism provided a very fortuitous suitable landing pad for many of these products. In Korea, Dr. Lee suggests K-pop is normally considered music for teenagers. There is a social consensus that it is not really appropriate as a genre for people in their 20s. Thus, many people stop listening to it (or perhaps hide their interest) due to cultural conventions. However, international fans are not affected by such attitudes. Conversely, for them, the more knowledge and depth of understanding they show of K-pop, the trendier they are seen. K-pop can also serve as a gateway into other genres. For international fans, K-pop is not mainstream. Instead it speaks to minority and alternative cultures.
For Dr. Lee, K-pop should not just be understood as music: it is related to fashion, fan relationships, videos, and choreography. The fans now believe they are responsible for the artists’ success. Thus they expect the idols and entertainment agencies to listen to their requests and desires. However, that democratic culture of fan-led artists is slowly being consumed by capitalism and the entertainment industry like punk and hip-hop were in the past. Moreover, despite K-pop being apolitical in nature, it’s been used by the Democratic Party in the United States. Musicians and entertainment companies are aware of this politicization and it has become necessary for them to follow the trend and remain loyal to their fans.
Dr. Lee finishes by questioning what will happen to Hallyu going forward if it continues to internationalize. If the only thing remaining is the Korean ethnicity of the performers, then what will this mean for the culture industry and, more importantly, Korean identity in general. Can a balance be found?
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 - 1h 02min - 10 - #010 Solidarity, Anti-Violence, and a Humble Musician with Jinu Konda
Jinu sees himself as a humble musician who focuses on providing solidarity to those suffering from oppression, violence, and health problems. He describes having seen firsthand young hired thugs (‘용역’) and police carry out acts of violence against the workers of Noryangjin fish market in central Seoul, workers who are often elderly women. They are decent people, citizens of Seoul who enjoy trot music, television dramas, and living the lives they have. Yet water cannons and excavators are used to forcibly move those who don’t agree with the plans to relocate the workers of the fish market. The new fish market into which the vendors are expected to move is described as a collusion between government and large financial enterprises. No longer a public market supported by officials and taxpayers’ money to provide quality goods at reasonable prices, the responsibility has been left to capitalist enterprises. This could just be understood as a normal story about capitalism and gentrification to which we are becoming ever accustomed. A process in which we tear down the old and create newer, smaller, and more expensive places. The tragedy is that this removes stories, characters, and traditions, and then substitutes them for lifeless, cookie-cutter objects that do not speak to us on a human level much of the time—devoid of soul, alienated from reality. But if it was just that, many could provide rational and logical arguments about capitalism, profit, modernity, and such forth. What does seem inexcusable, however, is the violence that takes place to make this happen.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 - 47min - 9 - #009 TCKs: Identity, Skin Colour, and Acceptance with Chanmi Kim
Chan is an artist and a friend. She is 100% Korean in terms of nationality but has at times distanced herself from this identity. Her friends call her a 외국인 (foreigner) but she identifies as a TCK (third culture kid). She has often tried to look different from other people and loves standing out, avoiding clichés and stereotypes where possible. In Korea she has received lots of comments on her tanned skin and found it difficult to find cosmetics that suit her. Looking forward, she wants to be in a place where she is treated equally, regardless of social position.
She talks about the vibe and aura emitted by other TCKs, the mutual understanding and the open body language that results. She has found a great sense of community in touch rugby. She closes our chat with hopes that TCKs can be proud of who they are and seeks to challenge the negative portrayal of TCKs having privileges from studying abroad and receiving easier access to the country’s top universities. She wants to reduce alienation. And she hopes people will stop asking TCKs to speak English as a party trick. But, on top of all this, she has a positive outlook for the future.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 - 52min - 8 - #008 Politics: Language, Law, and Multiculturalism with Jasmine Lee
Jasmine Lee came to South Korea in the 1990s. Here she talks of her early experiences with South Korean culture, people, and language. This leads to ideas of multiculturalism, family, identity, and nationalism. Jasmine became a nationalized Korean but still found trouble in terms of acceptance despite speaking the language fluently and having a Korean passport. After a successful television and media career, she made her way into politics and became the first non-ethnic Korean lawmaker in the national assembly. She worked first with the ruling conservative party and then more recently the Justice Party. Despite her efforts, she feels a lot of government efforts and policies were simply adopted because they were trendy rather than geared towards long-term sustainable success. She also sees a lot of stagnation and hesitancy in adopting policies to safeguard the lives of minorities in Korea because it’s not politically expedient and the main parties are generally in agreement over them.
Sun, 21 Nov 2021 - 1h 28min - 7 - #007 The Birth of K-Pop: OG Producers, Music Industry, Artists, and Talent with Jae Chong
Jae Chong grew up the son of first generation Korean immigrant parents in California listening to Ozzy Osbourne and Van Halen. An early experience with Jeff Buckley pushed him further towards music and he was soon playing guitar, drums, bass, and piano. He sent an album recorded on a 4-track in his bedroom over to Korea in the early 1990s and started down a path that would see him play a revolutionary role in the modern Korean music scene. Jae wrote and produced all the music for his group Solid and their 1995 second album, with hits such as 이밤의 끝을 잡고, was pivotal in introducing R&B to Korea and sold millions. He describes the experience as being “too Asian for America and too American for Asia”, being the first Korean-Americans seen on domestic television, as well as the difficulty in getting any dance music on the screen in the early 90s. Jae spent time working and learning from masters 김형석 and 신승훈, understanding the 응착 in Korean music and a work ethic to write and produce at the top level. Jae talks of his respect for 서태지 and other OGs in the Korean music scene that introduced previously unheard music to the country and how the media played his group Solid (솔리드) and 서태지 off of each other. Korean entertainment companies looked to Jae for the equipment he used and the sounds he was making, hoping to emulate his success. One of my favourite songs in his discography, Boa’s 1999 Let U Go, Jae doesn’t even remember writing! He speaks of his affection for the Solid fanbase and the support they showed during their 2018 comeback album and hopes that K-pop will continue going from strength to strength and develop more depth to its sounds.
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 - 1h 08min - 6 - #006 K-Pop: Momoland and Mental Health with Jungahn Yu
Jungahn Yu was a young ballet dancer who found herself in the K-pop industry from the age of 15. After completing her training, she debuted as the rapper in Momoland under the name Daisy. Huge success followed but she eventually left the industry and went to university. She talks about auditions, training, fans, diets, mental health, creativity, and more
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 - 53min - 5 - #005 The Korean Left: Solidarity and Marxists
Bori (he/him) is a Korean leftist with visions of a pan-Asian communist future. During our conversation he suggests that despite people’s aspirations for an independent nation, South Korea was built on the basis on anti-communism and remains today under a bourgeois dictatorship. This then affects what it means to be a leftist in 21st century Korea and how the experience is often characterized by a sense of 불화 (discord). Despite the recent popularity of things like Squid Game, Bori asserts that no one willing to actively solve the problem of economic inequality is a serious contender for the upcoming presidency and that Lee Jae-myung is not a progressive candidate in any sense of the word. He holds that male-dominated political spaces are not the way forward because they create a sense of isolation; instead, social justice for various oppressed minorities in South Korea should be sought. How one becomes a leftist in Korea can depend on university and seniors promoting justice and resistance. We then discussed the contradiction that communist and Marxist thought often has starting points in the nation’s elite universities. On violence in society, the Molotov cocktail only began disappearing in the early 2000s, so we talk about the moral implications of violence and change. Bori sees the 1980s as a time of leftist revival in South Korea and stressed the importance of Kang Kyong-dae’s death in 1991. We talked about the recent KCTU labour protests, lack of media coverage, and arrest of Yang Kyeung-soo. For him, patriotism and nationalism are to be understood in terms of anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism: solidarity in the negative sense, that comes from resisting larger structures of power and dominance. Bori says the Korean War was a civil war which should not be seen as a simple act of North Korean aggression. North Korea suffers from a great deal of international propaganda and being ‘othered’ by the media. In that sense, there should be more cultural and personal exchange and recognition of North Korea’s legitimacy in that part of the Korean Peninsula. Internationalism is not a utopian ideal but a practical necessity to prevent state-led war. Find Bori's work at @platformck and @redstaroverasia
Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard Artwork: Chan (https://www.instagram.com/chans_design/) Music: DisorientalZ (https://www.instagram.com/disorientalz/)
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 - 1h 05min - 4 - #004 K-pop: Fandom, Identity, and Social Values with Haley Yang
Haley Yang is a culture reporter at the Korea JoongAng Daily specializing in K-pop, Korean society and multiculturalism. She was also a big fan of K-pop growing up.
She spoke to me about how K-pop began to find its own unique style following the break from J-pop in 2007, the effects of Big Bang on the music scene as OG gender benders despite some of them later being involved in crime rings, and K-pop as a niche musical element inside Korea. Haley also called the fetishization of K-pop idols by international fans the elephant in the room and the subsequent loyalty shown to idols as being the result of the artists replaceability rather than any unique talents. She also drew attention to fan chat services by companies such as SM which encourage parasocial relationships between the fans and the stars. In terms of media reporting, the race for YouTube views is described by Haley as a pissing contest among fans and this is causing platforms to reassess how they measure songs' real popularity. She also explains how a throwaway line on Gag Concert about TVXQ became a turning point for fans' album purchases.
The conversation ends on the subject of mental health, suicide, and social values in the entertainment industry and society more broadly as well as where one can find positivity and hope in K-pop. *I wish the audio of this chat was a bit better because I learned a lot listening to Haley and gained some new perspectives
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 - 50min - 3 - #003 Korean Movies, Dramas, and Identity with Heejeon Kim
Heejeon Kim has worked in the Korean movie and television industry as a distributor and producer. Here she offers her own personal opinions on how she survived the toxic masculinity that characterized the early chapters of her career, the Korean film renaissance and why it took place, and the dark nature of Korean movies. She also addresses concepts of identity and what it means to be a Korean amidst all the current success as well as bicultural awareness and the need for TCKs to tell their stories. The main message she focuses on is that authentic local experiences can have global appeal. The conversation closes with some thoughts on Squid Game and the positive and negative reactions to it as well as the subtitles issues.
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 - 1h 00min - 2 - #002 Health, Politics, and Covid with Kwak Yong-hwan
In this episode of Korea Deconstructed, Kwak Yong-hwan, a certified medical doctor at Soonchunhyang University Hospital, discusses the changing trends in Korean health over time. He also explains how the current system, which benefits the customers and citizens, is based on prices set by the government which often cause hardships for doctors. The result of this is that more and more medical professionals are leaving healthcare and venturing into the aesthetic industry to make more money. Beyond this, he discusses the politics of alternative traditional medicine before going on to suggest what he believes are the most important reasons behind Korea's relatively successful attempts at combating the Covid-19 pandemic. The conversation ends with his views on the popular local medical drama Hospital Playlist and how closely it resembles real life.
Sat, 02 Oct 2021 - 53min - 1 - #001 Adoption and Human Rights with Kyungeun Lee
In this episode of Korea Deconstructed, Kyungeun Lee discusses how the Korean government allowed adoption to be operated as a private system until 2012, giving its newly-born children no state protections and denying them their human rights. This resulted in 200,000 young Korean children, often under the age of 1, being sent abroad. Truth, justice, and reconciliation are required, but is Korean society ready to do it?
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 - 57min
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